Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- melodramatic
- sultry
- oppressive
- classic cinema evening
- southern gothic double feature
What critics said
Critics broadly recognize a handsomely mounted, well-acted and touching southern melodrama, while finding its romantic characterization and sentimentality uneven.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Dodson's humid Mississippi setting, sexual politics, revenge, and family oppression create a distinctly southern gothic register.
Alva is treated as Dodson's main attraction while Hazel attempts to manage her relationships and future.
Owen's railroad shutdown threatens Dodson's main income and turns his relationship with Alva into a target for collective revenge.
Willie Starr's later perspective frames and recalls the events surrounding Alva, Owen, Hazel, and Dodson.
Films like This Property Is Condemned, and why
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
southern gothic melodrama, doomed romance, and oppressive small-town social forces
A Streetcar Named Desire
Tennessee Williams-inflected romance, sexual tension, and emotionally heightened southern setting
The Long, Hot Summer
period romantic drama shaped by class conflict, desire, and a restrictive community
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
melodramatic forbidden romance unfolding amid social hierarchy and economic pressure
Movie Details
- Director
- Sydney Pollack
- Release Date
- 1966-08-03
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 (109)
Cast
- Natalie Wood
- Robert Redford
- Charles Bronson
- Kate Reid
- Mary Badham
- Alan Baxter
- Robert Blake
- Dabney Coleman
- John Harding
- Ray Hemphill
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is This Property Is Condemned about?
- A doomed Depression-era romance pits a railroad official and a socially trapped woman against family control and a vengeful Mississippi town.
- What is This Property Is Condemned like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of This Property Is Condemned as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is This Property Is Condemned violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in This Property Is Condemned as mild.
- What did critics think of This Property Is Condemned?
- Critics broadly recognize a handsomely mounted, well-acted and touching southern melodrama, while finding its romantic characterization and sentimentality uneven.
- Which films are like This Property Is Condemned?
- Films with a similar feel include Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Long, Hot Summer, and The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone.
- How long is This Property Is Condemned?
- This Property Is Condemned runs 110 minutes.
- Where can I watch This Property Is Condemned?
- In United States, This Property Is Condemned is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
